1. LOUISIANA CULTURAL REGIONS

3. Greater New Orleans
French, Spanish, Africans, Haitians, Germans, Italians, and Irish
It is more cosmopolitan; more like the Caribbean and South America
Muffaletta, beignets, grillades and grits

4. Plantation Country
Old plantation homes, live oak trees, and Spanish moss
No, people are beginning to look for the cultural heritage of all who live there
Red beans and rice, jambalaya, gumbo

5. Crossroads Merges the cultures of North and South Louisiana
Live in small towns and in rural areas
Meat pies, tamales,
** some of the area was not part of the Louisiana Purchase, it was part of Spanish Texas

6. Cajun Country Into prairie Cajun and wetlands Cajun The oil industry
Boudin, crawfish, crawfish Étouffée

7. Sportsman’s Paradise
For the lakes, rolling hills, and forests in the area
Connects to neighboring states of Mississippi, Alabama, and Georgia than South Louisiana; upland South
Fried catfish, barbecue, peaches